Author Topic: North Korea Might Have a Bad Day (Read 1330 times)

Sundowner · « **on:** October 05, 2006, 06:02:08 PM »

Some pretty "in your face" sabre-rattling comming from the State Department these days.....

Regards,
Sun

"We are not going to live with a nuclear North Korea," Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill told the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University Wednesday. "We are not going to accept it."

North Korea "can have a future, or it can have these weapons. It cannot have both," Hill said. The U.S. and its allies "are in a very tense time" in dealing with Pyongyang, Hill added.

"We will do all we can to dissuade the DPRK [North Korea] from this test," Hill said.

He declined to say exactly what the United States would do if North Korea undertakes such a test, but said, "we would have no choice but to act resolutely to make sure that the DPRK understood -- and to make sure that any other country understands -- that this (nuclear test) is a very bad mistake."

If North Korea does conduct a test, it "will realize that they had a bad day when they made that choice," he said.

After his appearance, Hill told reporters, "if they think that firing off a weapon will somehow make them a part of some sort of nuclear club, they should think again."

"If they think that by exploding a weapon, that somehow we will come to terms with it, we won't," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/04/nkorea.nuclear.unresponse/index.html

Masherbrum · « **Reply #1 on:** October 05, 2006, 06:05:32 PM »

Meatwad · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2006, 06:09:26 PM »

At this rate, theres gonna be a war with North Korea sometime in the near future

Sundowner · « **Reply #3 on:** October 05, 2006, 06:12:12 PM »

"Every cloud has a silver lining---except a mushoom cloud."

Regards,
Sun

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 05, 2006, 06:18:37 PM »

War? Hardly.

Drop a few JDams on the NK presidential palace and let the problem un**** itself.

AquaShrimp · « **Reply #5 on:** October 05, 2006, 06:22:49 PM »

I wouldn't object to a few air strikes, or political assasinations. But for the love of Christ, lets not try to 'liberate' the North Koreans.

LePaul · « **Reply #6 on:** October 05, 2006, 06:29:01 PM »

Anyone not wearing sunblock SPF 2.5 million could have a *really* bad day over there

Neubob · « **Reply #7 on:** October 05, 2006, 06:55:05 PM »

Lemme guess, a couple days of 'shock and awe' followed by an extended occupation during which we try to save these people from themselves by teaching them the virtues of Mcdonalds, Coca Cola, Walmart and retail Jesus?

Either blow them off the map or STFU. Nobody believes we have the resolve to blow our own noses anymore.

lukster · « **Reply #8 on:** October 05, 2006, 09:10:05 PM »

I think South Korea can take the North provided China does not interfere. Once the soldiers from the north see the real difference and relative prosperity of the south, I think there may be mass defections. Of course if nukes are brought in it's game over anyhow.

Toad · « **Reply #9 on:** October 05, 2006, 09:27:33 PM »

Hmmm... you maybe on to something.

5 million Happy Meals delivered piping hot to NK troops in the field.

Muah-hahahahahahah!

AquaShrimp · « **Reply #10 on:** October 05, 2006, 09:29:42 PM »

I think China is our real enemy. Heres my marine biology analogy.

Right now the U.S. is a dolphin in an ocean of fish and few sharks. China is a killer whale calf. Won't be long till that calf is done suckling, and will either outcompete us for resources, or eat us directly.

If I were in control of the country (U.S.), my main agenda would to be to ramp up technology production by hundreds of percent. We can't outproduce a giant like China, but maybe we can beat them in terms of quality. Do like India did (they let anyone who wanted to go to college for software engineering go free). Except we would offer free degrees in any type of engineering/bioengineering.

Ironically, my brother spent over a year in China building a computer chip manufacturing plant. He said it was a really interesting and fascinating country, even if people only make $1 or $2 an hour.

lukster · « **Reply #11 on:** October 05, 2006, 09:33:32 PM »

If only we could keep our presidents from selling them our technology.

RAIDER14 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 05, 2006, 09:55:27 PM »

a war with North Korea and Iran

lukster · « **Reply #13 on:** October 05, 2006, 10:55:12 PM »

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Originally posted by RAIDER14
a war with North Korea and Iran

Would be a short war indeed if we were to commited to destroying them both.

Thrawn · « **Reply #14 on:** October 05, 2006, 11:01:15 PM »

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Originally posted by lukster
I think South Korea can take the North provided China does not interfere.

China always interfers if one of thier buffer states is threatened.